AMHERST - A man who fell off a steep section of Bare Mountain late Wednesday night was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with non-life-threatening injuries.

Abc40 / Fox 6 reported that firefighters rescued the man who slipped and fell some 25 feet. A woman hiking with the man called 911 about 11:30 p.m.and it took rescue crews several hours to get the man out after he fell, the station reported.